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Jumbo? The plane exploded (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

'jumbo?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the plane exploded' is the wordplay.
'exploded' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'plane'='theplane'
'theplane' anagrammed gives 'ELEPHANT'.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "Creature" , "African or Inidan pachyderm" , "Endangered Species" , "I'll never forget" , "The animal that never forgets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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